Stake



V STAKE Filgd Feb.l4l 1927 tained in proper position prior Patented May 24,1927.

UNITED STA WHITE, or CHICAGO,

My inventio road strips. provided wi orally projecting ing of TES 1,629,754 PATENT OFFICE.

ILLInoIs,

A CORPORATION or DELAWARE.

ASSIGNOR TO KALMAN STEEL COMPANY,

STAKE.

Application filed'february 14, 1927 Serial No. 168,095.

11 relates to stakes for use with Such strips are customarily th aligned openings in the latrib, the strip being mainto the pourthe concrete by means of stakes adapted to pass to enter the soil. 7 v

An object of the invention is to prov de a stake which is ad Without th struction. larger diameter 7 they are driven pressed during accuracies in the the holes serye certain In the stake 0 need for accuracy,- except in t e necessity In those stakes which than the holes through which through the openings and y for accuracy in conare of apted to function correct and which must be comthe driving action, slight indimensions of the stake or render the cooperation unlt. f my invention,

there is no hat the stake must have its greatest diani eter less than the diameter of the holes through WliiCll it is driven.

tional hol In order ding capacity,

to secure the requisite fric- I provide a resilient tongue, preferably struck out from the body of the stake, the tongue stake is drive I he invention I stood by. reference being deflected as the n into place. I

will be more readily underto the accomp anying drawing, in which; Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a section of road strips and a Fig. 2 1s a stake associated therewith side elevation somewhat enlarged showing the stake in elevation, and

the road strips in section- Fig. 3 is a face view of the stake;

Fig

. 4 is a View similar to Fig. 2, showing the stake in its final position, and

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the construction upper; end thereof.

shown in Fig. 4.

Iii the drawings, cated at A, and the stake isat B.

V-shaped central rib, 1Q, tw

have a strips bei -with registeri tion of the stake The stake of form in cross see a central portion oiia pom e At a point near the upper end, the body 7 end.

he'ared 'at ng overlapped and being" ng apertures,

the road strips are'indi- The strips f the vided 11, forthe recepmy invention is of arcuate tion, having s des,

12, and '13. The sides are the bottom toprovide the drag-' portion, 13, is punched out to provide a tongue, 14, originally positioned as shown in Fig. 2. It will be seen that if the stake is to assume the osition of Fig. 4, the tongue must be laterall y deflected by contact with the upper flange of the strip A, and this serves to frictionally hold the parts'in proper relation, the tongue serving also as a stop to define the downward limit of the stake.

The form of the stake and the exact location and arrangement of the tongue are uiiimportant, and I consider these and other modifications to be withinthe spirit of my invention.

I claim: y

1. Astake for road strips, comprising a length of metal and a tongue of metal extending longitudinally of the stake, located near the upper end thereof and projecting 1 to be deflected by contact with the strip as is driven.

2. A stake for road strips, comprising a length of metal of generally channel shape in cross section, and a tongue of metal extending longitudinally of the stake, located near the upper end thereof and projecting laterally therefrom and adapted to be deflected by contact with the strip as the stake is driven.

3. A stake for road strips comprising a length of metal having an integraltongiie struck from the body of the stake near the upper end thereof and projecting laterally therefrom and adapted to be deflected by contact with the 4. A stake of generally channel form in cross section having a tongue struck out laterally from the body of the stake near the 5. A' stake for road strips, the largest diameter of the body of the stake being less than the diameter'of the holes in the stri into which the stake to be received, an a tongue projectin laterally from the body of the stake near tIie upper-end thereofand adapted to frictionally contactthe strip and be deflected thereby'as the stake is driven through the holes in the strip.

In testimony whereof I have afliired my signature. I a WILLIAM WHITE.

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